WILL ILLUMINATE

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” ― Oswald Chambers

There is a lot in that little quote isn’t there?

First, Chambers reminds us that faith must exist in the absence of seeing. Faith is trusting in our LOVE for GOD and HIS overwhelming LOVE for us.  Even Kierkegaard said, “Faith sees best in the dark”.  In other words, we are to be LOVING GOD even more intensely when “we don’t know everything”.

That is what makes faith so tricky.

We want to see stuff.

We want to touch stuff.  Ask Thomas.

We want certainties and sure things and GOD instead says that FAITH is the crucial component in our relationship with Him.

In fact, without it, we can’t even please Him…

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

And even though we may not know where our faith may take us, we know that if we place our faith in GOD, the one we love and the one who is leading, we can’t go wrong and we won’t end up in the “wrong place”.

How do we know?

Didn’t you read it?

GOD rewards the one who will wade into the dark seeking after Him. GOD is faithful to honor our faithful pursuit of Him.  That is why it is important from time to time to remember that our LORD is not motivated by our need but by our faith!

“The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an ACTIVE participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with Him.” ― Eugene H. Peterson…

Are you preparing to enter some unfamiliar territory?

Maybe a new venture?

Or is a change pending?

Talk to GOD.

Get active in your participation with Him.

Seek after Him.

I know the path seems dark.  

It is requiring some faith!

Believe what GOD says.

He will help you to see! His Word will show you the way if you let it.

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (Psalm 119:105 NIV)

“True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises. True faith manifests itself through our actions.” ― Francis Chan

Don’t be paralyzed by the dark paths in your future.

Grab the promises of GOD which WILL light the way for you.

You love GOD. Right?

He loves you. RIGHT?

Demonstrate that LOVE with your faith, exercise it; leverage it.

If it requires you to step out in it, do it!

GOD will be pleased.  GOD is ALWAYS FAITHFUL

Trust Him. The path WILL illuminate.

Have a blessed weekend.

I love you ALL!

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